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SEIC chooses Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press
Label print specialist SEIC (www.efi-groupe.fr) is the first company in France to invest in a Screen Truepress Jet L350UV digital label press, with inline ABG converter system, to update and expand its existing flexo and digital print service. The new press will be installed in May at its facility in Les Ulis, just south of…
Lees meerNever use the A words
Apple and Adobe built the digital future of our industry. And now it feels they are breaking it down. In its Adobe Sign press release Adobe says that companies and organisations should focus on the best client experience possible, and that client experience is paperless. A dagger through the heart of the industry which made…
Lees meerLaurel Brunner: Live Cycle Analysis and gathering Carbon Footprint Data
In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner reports about how companies such as HP deal with Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) to show how they gather carbon footprint data. From the manufacturing process and to the recycling of prints. Read her blog on our articles page about why this is important for our industry and the tools…
Lees meerTablet market 100 million pieces smaller than expected
The tablet market has not only stalled, but will be 100 million pieces smaller than expected, according to the latest predictions. Reason is, according to research by Gartner and IDC, mostly the rise of smartphones with larger screens. Growth will continue, according to recode.net, because a large percentage of laptop users will want to replace their…
Lees meerMore work for printers, but prices continue to fall
Print shops produced more work in 2015 and consequently more turnover than previous years. This was necessary to compensate lower prices.How did print shops do in 2015. This is the subject of the 3rd Drupa Global Trends report. It appears that most print shops worldwide have seen their turnover rise (+ 19%), as well as…
Lees meerAIIM Webinar: Your Document Strategy Disrupted
With the coming of social media, cloud content and printing on demand, information management has become a complex task which, more often than not, is not the core activity. Unfortunately so, as getting the right content to the right people the right way is the key to success for any company. Add to that the…
Lees meerDrupa Expert Article #8: Packaging goes digital
In the eighth and last Drupa Expert Article, Michael Seidl, journalist and publisher, discusses the trend of using digital printing techniques for packaging. According to Seidl there are various good reasons for this, such as the smaller editions and the demand for local and personalised packaging. Seidl also discusses the growth in this market segment…
Lees meerWesley A. Clark: The man who developed the DEC mini computer, ARPA net and the graphical user interface has died
At 88 Wesley A. Clark has died. The computer engineer who developed the DEC mini computer which was once the beating heart of the graphic industry servers. The DEC mini computer also influenced the development of ARPA net, the WorldWideWeb´s predecessor. Clark was a great influence on what we now call graphical user interface. In…
Lees meerPrint Power Case Studies: Convince clients that print is the perfect medium
Sometimes a little help is needed to convince clients that print is the perfect medium. The Print Power site can provide this help. By simply selecting the market, application and target market you will get a selection of relevant case studies by well-known and lesser-known companies and organisations that have used print successfully.
Lees meerMeganews: Printing magazines on location
Blokboek.com has previously reported about Swedish Meganews, and now the concept is rolled out further. Before long the Meganews print-on-demand stall for newspapers and magazines will be available in various hotels worldwide. The Meganews stall will offer extra options for publishers and consumers. This will allow travellers to read their favourite magazine in their own language…
Lees meerUsed clothing becomes paper in Portugal
Portuguese paper manufacturer Moinho de Chula is unique. Since 1993 it produces cotton-based paper. The manufacturer receives rest materials and used clothing from clothing manufacturers and uses these as the base source for their paper. Production has remained artisanal, both manual and mechanical. This approach allows the company to produce large quantities of paper but…
Lees meerFlint Group Issues Binding Offer to Siegwerk to Purchase Web Offset Business
Flint Group, a global solutions provider to the packaging and print media industries has today announced that it has issued a binding offer to Siegwerk to acquire their web offset business. This offer includes the transfer of all technical expertise and product portfolios relating to Siegwerk’s Heatset and Newsink product lines. “We are very excited…
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